New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-02
CoLoRED UNIONS SUPPRESSED.
LABoRERs OF SOUTH CAROLINA COMPELLED IL
DESCRIBE THEIR SECRET MEETING.

| LABoRERs OF SOUTH CAROLINA COMPELLED ~
DESCRIBE THEIR SECRET MEETING
CHARLESTON July / (SpeciaD.-The reports OF
troubles between white farmers and coored 'aoor
organization, and of probable serous difficulties Do
tween them we're exaggerated Advices from Ureeh'
willie state that in May last coored local
Hoover cooperative workers started several small
crbs in Fairview. The meetings were held at late
hours the night and in profound secret Inc Mni'o
people heard of these and became uneasy Iheir
Inquiries were bAled and the surmises became reports
of actual facts and the agitation grew The people OF
Fa ryiew are Scotch and Irish, cool. shrewd and
determined and when their young men grew resti1Ss'
the women became uneasy OF nights and there were
symptoms of Generalization among tie farm laporers
they resolved to act.
They met at Farvew Church yesterday, debated the
matter briefly, organized quickly and sent SQUAD OF
mounted mou the secretary OF the nearest hoover
club He was found nd required to surrender his st
oil membership and squad was sent for each oi the
seventeen members. Each memter came promptly.
Then an informal court organized and the hoover
Society put on trial. the evidence OF its menioers
being taken in writing. The negroes we're examined
separately, aud conceded In the statement tnat 'ssy
had been induced to Join by the promiss OF the
organizer that alter June rations would be lssued 20
ali members at half the present pricee Some OF them
had ideas of q strike some time in the future Tor
dollar day tor farm laborers. but they had no
definite time or plans. All denied solemLly that tnero
was word thought OF action against the ianaords
or white people, Most OF them had been toid tnat IL
they revealed anything about the society its beneVo
lent pians would be destroyed and they would be
arrestsd by the United States Government: They
were told that the v bite people would not allow any
such organisd on to exist In secret lhen they were
sent home nightly pleased to be out Of the scrape
4 he same torn was repeated at Hopeweu Cnurcn,
three miles from Fountain Inn twentyone HoO7er-
ties being arrested questioned with similar results
warned and released. One hundred armed white men
present but there was not harsh WORD uttere1
or n SYMPTOM of excitement. The Sherin and .riai
Justice were present to insure peace. The Hoover
organization is dead IN Fairyicw
REBELLIOUs sALTwORKERs FROM NEw-YoRK'
PITTsBURo, July (speeiaL)-At p m. to-day two
railroad cars containing eightyhve men, arrived at tho
Pennsylvania Salt Companys works at Natrona 70 tass
the places OF strikers They came from New-York Whie
the switch being opened back the cars inside OF the
fence ten met got or and refused TO go inside ono OF
the men, Andrew 5anborg said In answer TO questions,
1--WE were hired by the company, through H. sanders
Co.'S employment oaice at No 10 GreenSchst.' new
York Mr.. Sanders and J. Is. Duff. boss OF the salt
company. stated to us emphatcally that there was
no strike here but 1t was entirely new work We did
not learn OF tho strike until wo got as FAR a.
Iochburg where We were told OF IL There
we're over nifty Of who decided that we conidnt
20 10 work. Forty OF them decided later to work
until after July l. Am confident that they VIII come
out at that time. Twentyone men got OH the
train while we were passing through NevJersey
and refused TO go further. The company paid $500
for two cars afer those forty come ont there
will be only fourteen nen left Our railroad faro was
be free, " worked three months"
BThe strikers took charge OF the deserer Tnere some
talk OF the men suing the company for bringing them
hero under false pretences About 100 non union men,
armed with clubs, stood at the gate while the cars "ore
backed in.
CHARGES FROM AN ANGRY KNIGHT OF LABOR.
TrrTsBuRG. July / tSpeeidDThe trouble that brew
ing in District Assembly No. g. Knights Of Labor Ia as
suming National dimensions Thomas Clark alleges that
District Master Workman Doyey circulated false reports
against him because lie OF the organizers OF The
Iron Workers National Assembly Clark received let
fer from Doyey stating that his commission organizer
had been revoked Clark replied charging that In the
last quarterly meeting OF the Assembly Dovey made tho
that Powderly had commissioned Clark TO
form the Iron Workers Assembly and that he and Clark
had formed a combination TO break up District Assembly
No g. Doyey Gays that owdcry himself revoked Clarks
commission. Doyey denies that the Home Club IN Now
York ID DeinC copied Pittsburg and all ss cln-
try or that there Is any plo combine at the Mnnoap
flnr In ale q